cover image: Missionary sisters standing with orphans, Ethiopia, ca.1920-1940

Missionary sisters standing with orphans, Ethiopia, ca.1920-1940

"2 - Mission Galla - Orphelinat de Dire-Daoua". Two Catholic missionary sisters stand with a score of white-clad orphans, the children gathered in rows for the photograph. Behind them, thick foliage can be seen. The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Congregation des Soeurs Franciscaines de Calais Maison Mere : Rue Eustache de-S. Pierre, Calais (P.-de.C)" "Phototypie, 49, rue de Canteleu, Lille".
abandoned children clergy group portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m58964
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Dire-Daoua Ethiopia
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Ethiopia
Reference
impa-m58964 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-013-0000-0095
Rights
Divinity.Library@yale.edu Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/d69128cbffad2abf8d9901b10e75a4b7

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